Programming Historian

The Programming Historian is a peer-reviewed academic journal of digital humanities and digital history methodology.[1] It publishes tutorials that help humanists learn a wide range of digital tools, techniques, and workflows to facilitate research and teaching.[2] It was based upon an original series of lessons written by William J. Turkel and Alan MacEachern of the University of Western Ontario in 2008.[3] The project launched as an academic journal in 2012 at the Digital Humanities 2012 conference in Hamburg.[4]

Programming Historian
DisciplineHistory
LanguageEnglish, Spanish, French
Edited bySarah Melton (English), Riva Quiroga (Spanish), Sofia Papastamkou (French)
Publication details
History2012–present
Publisher
ProgHist Ltd (United Kingdom)
Yes
LicenseCC-BY
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Program. Hist.
Indexing
English
ISSN2631-9462
Spanish
ISSN2397-2068
French
ISSN2517-5769
Links

The journal publishes tutorials in English, Spanish and French. It operates with an open peer review model, and all content is released under a Creative Commons CC-BY license, meaning it meets the criteria of Green Open Access publishing.

The project has twice won a "Digital Humanities Award". In 2016 it won "Best Series of Posts" for its English-language content.[5] In 2017 it won "Best Series of Posts" for its Spanish-language content.[6] The project has also been involved in social issues in digital humanities, conducting a self-reflection and survey into gender biases in the project in 2015 in an attempt to encourage more participation from female authors and reviewers.[7][8]

It is indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals.[9] It is also listed among proprietary databases and other e-resources at Harvard University Library.[10]

References
  1. McClurken, Jeff (2016-06-01). "Review: The Programming Historian". Journal of American History. 103 (1): 299–301. doi:10.1093/jahist/jaw172.
  2. Blevins, Cameron (2015-12-15). "Review of The Programming Historian". The Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy.
  3. J. Turkel, William; MacEachern, Alan (2008). "The Programming Historian". Scholarship @ Western.
  4. "The Programming Historian 2: Digital Humanities 2012". Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  5. "Digital Humanities Awards 2016". Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  6. "Digital Humanities Awards 2017". Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  7. Crymble, Adam (2016). "Identifying and Removing Gender Barriers in Open Learning Communities" (PDF). Blended Learning in Practice. 11: 49–61.
  8. Sichani, Anna-Maria; et al. (2019). "Diversity and inclusion in digital scholarship and pedagogy: the case of The Programming Historian". Insights. 32. doi:10.1629/uksg.465.
  9. ""Programming Historian", Directory of Open Access Journals". Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  10. Denbo, Seth (2017). "Review: Historian, Program! Self-Help for Digital Neophytes". Perspectives in History: The Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
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